A New World (Gamer, Book 1)
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fortune.
    They both smile at each other and Harry puts
his hand up. Axel high-fives him and they laugh loudly after
surviving what could have well been their deaths.
    "I guess that's it then. Did you get your
gold?"
    She looks up and Harry checks too. They both
received fifteen gold each and, from the fight they have gone
through to get it, it is well-deserved.
    "I did," Axel says, happily.
    They stand silently for a moment. There is a
sense of companionship between them; of those who have fought a
mighty battle and lived to tell the tale. Yet all good things must
come to an end. The quest line is over. The party is over. Or at
least it seems so until Axel clicks her fingers.
    "Didn’t I promise to take you to someone who
could teach you magic?"
    "The craziest mage you have ever
known?"
    "That would be him,” she says. “Hold on a
second while I check my email."
    She stares off into the distance for a few
minutes and it’s not long before she looks back at
Harry.
    "He sent me an email a day ago. He is not far
from here, in a small town that you are just going to
love."
    Harry smiles at her and looks back at the
woods.
    "I guess we’ll continue our adventure together
for a little while longer then,” he says.
    Axel laughs.
    “ Don’t worry. I don’t think this
is going to be anything less than a beginning. That’s the feeling I
get anyway.”
    They begin the long trudge to their
destination. Little does Harry know, but what he is about to learn
is going to change his life in-game and out forever.

A No Class Kind Of Magic
    Level 8, 26 Gold, 4 Silver.
Location: Cat Girl Town. State: Both Shocked and Strangely
Excited.
     
    "I can't believe something like this is in
this game. What is this place?"
    "I told you that you would like it. Every guy
is always so happy when they discover Cat Town."
    Harry stares around with a queer sense of
enjoyment that is evenly mixed with surprise. Everywhere he looks
there are women of all shapes and sizes. They are nothing like the
women of the real world. No, these are cat girls and they are
plentiful!
    Everywhere Harry looks there are cute fluffy
ears sticking out from long wavy perfect hair. There are fat women,
skinny women, athletic women, and every other kind of women one
could imagine. None of them are real live women, just NPCs, but
they look like they are enjoying their computer generated lives to
the limit.
    I wonder what exactly was going through the
design team’s mind when they created this strange little town in
the middle of the forest, Harry wonders.
    A bunch of young testers race by with a few of
the NPCs in tow, they are drinking something brown and bubbly that
is nothing like the stim shots people enjoy when partying in the
world outside. It looks pretty tasty and Harry is eager to try
it.
    They walk through the crowd of players and
NPCs. As they make their way through the town, Axel explains that
the one they are looking for will be somewhere nearby. She has
already specified that he's probably going to be in the weirdest
place in town and that place is likely to be the One Up Mage
Store .
    "What is it with this cat girl thing? I don't
remember this in history class."
    "I'm not surprised. They were a small fad back
in the day when they had television."
    "Television? I've read about that. It’s a flat
object that people stare at that plays images."
    Axel laughs and brushes her hair out of her
eyes.
    "Someone paid attention in VR school,” she
says before continuing. “I know it's a bit old fashion compared to
what we have now with our virtual dreams, but television was quite
big when we had it."
    "And on television they had these cat
girls?"
    "Yep. And they were quite popular
too."
    Harry sighs and chuckles.
    "I’m never really going to understand the
people of the past. What's so great about women with cat
ears?”
    Axel laughs and slaps him on the
back.
    "When you get old enough, I’m sure you’ll
figure it out.”
    "Hey, you’re the same age as

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